This data collection provides the full 1880 Public Use
Sample drawn from census enumeration forms. The file contains two types
of records: household and person. Each household record is followed by
a record for each person in the household. This collection contains
information about size of family, number of persons and families in the
dwelling, and the geographic location of each household. Information on
individuals includes demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and
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This data collection provides the full 1880 Public Use
Sample drawn from census enumeration forms. The file contains two types
of records: household and person. Each household record is followed by
a record for each person in the household. This collection contains
information about size of family, number of persons and families in the
dwelling, and the geographic location of each household. Information on
individuals includes demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and
marital status, as well as occupation, health, education, and nativity.

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (HD25839-04)

University of Minnesota. Graduate School

Scope of Study

Time Period:

1880

Date of Collection:

1880

Universe:
Manuscript census records from 1880 for the 38 United
States, the District of Columbia, and the Dakota Territory.

Data Types:
census/enumeration data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) This dataset comprises two levels. The first level
("H" Record Type) contains 35 variables for each of 107,105
households. The second level ("P" Record Type) contains 58 variables
for each of 502,913 individuals residing in those households. (2)
Household records are padded with zeros in columns 112-123. (3) The
documentation for this collection is available in two formats:
WordPerfect 5.1 or ASCII DOS text derived from the WordPerfect file.
There are two WordPerfect files, containing: (a) the main body of the
codebook, Appendices A and B, and an index, and (b) Appendix C,
Detailed Occupation Codes. The ASCII DOS text version includes all of
these elements in a single file. Depending on printer and typesize
configurations, users may encounter differences in pagination and text
layout when printing the ASCII version as compared to the WordPerfect
file. The WordPerfect 5.1 version of the codebook is only available on
diskette and via FTP. (4) This collection supersedes CENSUS OF
POPULATION, 1880 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE SAMPLE (1 IN 1000
PRELIMINARY SUBSAMPLE) (ICPSR 9474).

Methodology

Sample:
This collection is a nationally representative--although
clustered--1-percent sample of the United States population in 1880.
The manuscript census for 1880 consisted of about 1.2 million
enumeration pages, with 50 persons per page, recorded on 1,454 reels of
microfilm. The sampling strategy used for this collection was based on
the census page. A sample density of 1 person per 100 was chosen so
that a single sample point was randomly generated for every two census
pages. Sample points were chosen for inclusion in the collection only
if the individual selected was the first person listed in the dwelling.
Under this procedure each dwelling, family, and individual in the
population had a 1-in-100 probability of inclusion in the Public Use
Sample.